Angry traders and locals yesterday morning beat a former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader to death, for alleged extortion, at Pahartali Railway Bazar in the port city.

A Jubo League activist was killed in an attack allegedly by his rivals over previous enmity at Sitakunda in Chattogram yesterday.

A Chandpur court yesterday sent former state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon to jail in three criminal cases, hours after he was arrested from Chittagong city.